plastic keytop glue

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Clyde,
My thought is that the only cure might be a total redo of the keytops. 
The old surface may be contaminating the bond of any glue you might use.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:51 AM
Subject: plastic keytop glue


> Friends,
> 
> I hope you can help me with this problem.
> 
> I service on old upright piano for which a previous technician installed 
> new plastic keytops, probably a couple decades ago.  They keep coming 
> off; nearly every one has come off at least once.  I used to use 
> Dryburgh superglue, but they began coming off again, so I switched to 
> Weldwood contact cement, and that nearly always does okay for me, but 
> not on this piano.  This has been a chronic problem for years.
> 
> Do you have a never-fail suggestion for some other glue?  I'll be seeing 
> this piano again the end of next week.  Preferably something that sets 
> up soon enough so I can do the repair, then tune the piano, or the other 
> way around, and that's locally available.  I like to stay away from 
> glues so dark that they show through the plastic.
> 
> It's been a while since I've been on this list.  I'm doing well and hope 
> you are the same.  I'm swamped with piano work, like probably everyone 
> else this time of year.
> 
> Merry Christmas,
> Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> Lititz, PA, USA
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